Paul’s fine form for club earns him recall by Woodward

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ACCORDING to Plato, those with torches hand them on, but there is precious little sign of any of England’s standard-bearers willingly giving up the good life by departing the international stage in Martin Johnson’s footsteps. Apart from Johnson, the only member of England’s World Cup-winning campaign not to feature in Sir Clive Woodward’s 43-strong Six Nations training squad, announced yesterday, is Dan Luger.

The former Harlequins wing has indicated that he wishes to concentrate for the moment on business with Perpignan, his new club. Woodward insists that he still has an international future, as does Austin Healey, another absentee who